• Seagate HD is not good

    by  • 21st March 2010

    After reading some posts on Server Room I’ve decided to do some scrubbing on my zfs pools … just in case ( done it a few times some long time ago ) The I’ve noticed that one pool takes ages to scrub: state: ONLINE scrub: scrub in progress for 0h59m, 40.72% done, 1h26m to...

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    atticgroup.net planet

    by  • 21st March 2010

    Started doing something with my not so recently acquired domain atticgroup.net installed planet aggregator for all ex attic people who I know. Boring. It’s boring to try to find out RSS feed addresses for all possible web applications and people, so if you are ex attic and not featured on the page yet, please...

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    Chasing weather and bad luck

    by  • 9th March 2010

    I am due PPL skill test for last month… and it’s annoying. If it is not weathers fault, there is no aircraft, if weather and aircraft are nice, examinator decides that he does not want to fly today… So I have it scheduled for next weekend… but already can see problems as there are...

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    Battle of RHEL5.0 with HP G6

    by  • 3rd March 2010

    So, we got a new hardware for testing our product. Great, finally. To make sure that we test as close to what we consider Live, we have produced a system image with all required software pre-installed. It worked perfectly when we provisioned it on our new dev environment. However this time, we couldn’t get...

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    Pre Landing Check List

    by  • 12th February 2010

    Breaks---------------------OFF Undercarriage--------------FIXED/DOWN Mixture--------------------RICH Prop-----------------------FIXED/FINE Fuel-----------------------PUMP ON/SELECTED/SUFFICIENT Instruments Ts&Ps----------------GREEN AMP------------------CHARGING SUCTION--------------CHECK Carb heat -----------------CHECK Hatches -------------------SECURED Harnesses -----------------SECURED Headlights-----------------ON

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    Post Start Checklist (Generic P28A)

    by  • 11th February 2010

    Starter Light---------OUT Oil Pressure----------GREEN RPM-------------------SET 1200 Ammeter---------------CHARGING RADIO-----------------ON Transponder-----------STANDBY DI/Compass------------SET

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    Pre Start Checklist (Generic P28A)

    by  • 11th February 2010

    Brakes ----------------------------ON/Cover Breaks Unnecessary Electrical Equipment---OFF Fuel ------------------------------Select Tank Carb heat--------------------------OFF/Cold Mixture--------------------------- Reach Throttle-------------------------¼"Open Primer-----------------------------Locked Battery/Alt------------------------ON Beacon-----------------------------ON Shout------------------------------"CLEAR PROP" Starter----------------------------ENGAGE

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    Close to finishing PPL

    by  • 6th February 2010

    It’s a few months since I started my PPL training. I am now on the verge of finishing it and currently I am occupied with passing ground exams which will allow me to take the final skills test. Now I fly bugger all and only my decision to pursue Night Rating is keeping me...

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    new QT and Flying with Maemo N900

    by  • 21st January 2010

    It’s amazing. My love for flying and computers is starting to have it’s children. I’m kinda inventive and lazy guy. When I can automate something, I don’t bother to do it. This is very annoying when I’m flying. Especially annoying when I have to recall some details. Some of these details are … Takeoff...

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